Can someone suggest a topic for a research paper?

Question

See, I'm an 8th grader and I need a topic that is not babyish! I don't have a clue! Can someone, anyone help! And you guys that like to say "Do your own homework" don't have to write the paper, 1 to 2 pages, cite your sources and make a title page for 10% of your FINAL GRADE!!! So please give me an answer that helps me! It's due April 2nd, I got the assingnment today, Wednesday!

See, my "interests" are... I dunno! I am a person with little interest in things to make a research paper! I'll tell you what I do like anyway, it will probally be pointless. My fav color is green, I like music alot, I love science facts though It would kill me to write a science paper! So social issues such as 'peer pressure' wouldn't work in a paper like this. I need something I can find on the web, in a book, or on an educational program. Mr. Forget wouldn't have it ANY other way! Your serious answers would be appriciated! Thanx a million!!!

Answer 1

Write it on a person, Here are some interesting ones:

Diane Fossey (she lived with gorilla's) www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/ biography/fghij/fossey_dian.html

Sabiha Gokcen (the worlds first female military pilot and instructor and adopted daughter of the first president of Turkey) www.mymerhaba.com/en/main/content.asp_Q_id_E_143

Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist and hater of chicken, mama's boy, father to many children, mushroom picker) www.freudfile.org

Leonardo daVinci (painter, sculpture, adoptive father, brother to MANY ...like 18, ba*stard, military strategist, humorist, fashion divo, inventor of many many things, eccentric) www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo

Beethoven (asked many married women to marry him, his friends would steal his close while he was sleeping and replace them with new because he never washed or changed, deaf composer)

Sarah Bernhardt (first suicide attempt at 7 or so, grew up to become a famous actress, went everywhere with a coffin, owned her own theater which she kept from being bombed during the war by turning it into a hospital. Lived with many big cats which she took everywhere too)

I could give you so many more...
Mandela.....

Answer 2

Haha, okay. something not babyish. oh my.
If you have to base it off a book - Slaughterhouse-five (you could discuss Dresden, Aliens, Dark Humour, Time Travel... etc), The Wizard of Oz (Government, obviously), Invisible Man, The Catcher in the Rye (It's a bit easier to read - you can talk about why it was banned, the psychological and physiological state of Holden, the main character) woah, I could go on with books.
If its something fun - pick something that interests you because if you haven't written a paper two pages before -(and you are most certainly going to have to write longer papers in high school and college) - you might get bored. Don't worry about it being a "cool" topic as much as something you are interested in or care about or else it might be hard for you to concentrate while writing your two pages.
You could do world issues like AIDS or controversial issues like same-sex marriage...
There are so many topics you can choose just make sure it is appealing to you. Don't worry what other people will think because if you write your paper well enough, even if you are talking about ?barbies? it will not sound "babyish"
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And you only learn if you write it yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't let other people write your papers or you will be screwed when you get to high school. You research papers will have to be 10-12 pages!

Answer 3

Figure out the effect of the Internet on the music industry.

Threatening and suing.

Now people are finding talented young artist on line possibly to the point they will make the greedy music industry fall to its knees and beg for the kind of love they were receiving when people were sharing their music.

Ask 100 people.

1. Do you purchase Cd's?
2. Do you go to $35 a pop concerts?
3. Have you found an alternative source of music?

People no longer have to purchase a $16 CD that has only one song they want.
People no longer have to listen to radio listening to 10 songs they don't like hoping 1 they do like will come on.

To emphasize your point gets some facts and records of the law suit against a 12 year old girl for downloading music. What band withheld there music from sharing.

These bands don't deserve to have any fans.

Answer 4

I have a research paper due next week. It is 8 pages long and half our final grade.
yes, it stinks, I know your pain.
When you do have to cite your resources, go to citationmachine.com. It will help you write them out correctly.

You could write it over UFOs. Well, that's what I am assigned to do. I'm not a fan of them, so it's a little difficult for me.
You could write your paper over how much fashion has changed in the past century. I'm sure you could get loads of information on that- certainly from magazines and the library. Make sure that you do cite your resources. I know teachers can be a little picky over that.

My english teachers usually have had fun reading my papers, I usually tend to pick something that no one else would have ever thought of. Choose something you enjoy doing; fashion, animals, how tanning can affect you, jewelry over the past thousand years, think outside the box and something should come to you.
good luck!

Answer 5

Write a paper on how students are writing papers by plagiarizing off of the Internet or using the Internet for shortcuts.

If you want, I can write it for you in the next 20 minutes.

I completely forgot how short "essays" were in school. 1 to 2 pages is very short, even for 8th grade. I would write it for you.

It would be ironic.

Answer 6

Here are some suggested topics:

- 7 wonders of the world
- Strange Myths
- Beliefs
- A certain interesting religion
- Oldest movie
- Perspective
- Interesting person
- Or just something random like, a mother's love, your future etc...

Answer 7

Here are some ideas.

Alternate fuel sources
election system in America (two party versus independent)

If you are really brave, you can tackle some of the of the more controversial issues facing society today such as...

stem cell research
gay marriage/civil unions
Global empirialism as it applies to the war on terror.

Answer 8

Well see I am not good at picking research topic either, but try soliciting online predators, performance-enhancing drugs in sports, or diabetes. those are some good topics....GOOD LUCK

I know how it is when someone tells you to do your own homework.....you sometimes need someone elses' opinion...I'm in college an I also have to do a research paper but there is alot to it than you think. I have to write more than 1200 words to get full credit.... I hope I have helped you.......

Answer 9

You should definitely do a paper on the 7 wonders of the natural world! It's wild!

Answer 10

Peer pressure is always a good topic especially in 8th grade, school violence would be a great one too think of all the fights your school deals with.